VioGen specifies 28,507 women at low risk, 8,061 at medium risk, 526 at high risk and nine at extreme risk. This figure includes the 37,103 victims registered in October in the Interior Ministry’s VioGen system, which focuses on asking the women a series of pre-established questions to assess their risk, in 15 autonomous regions plus Ceuta and Melilla, plus another 10,954 in Catalonia, according to data from the Catalonian regional Mossos d’Esquadra police force, and 5,054 more in the Basque Country, according to figures from its Ertzaintza force. In Spain, there are 53,111 female domestic abuse victims who are getting some form of police protection. The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is celebrated worldwide on November 25. When she informed the Civil Guard that she and her three children still run into her husband in town, she was told: “Call us if you see him again.” To which she muttered to herself: “If I see him again, he might kill me.” Every two days, she receives a WhatsApp message from a police officer asking her how things are going. Sandra is waiting for a call from the local council that will enable her to leave the family home for good and go to a women’s shelter. Women’s groups in Spain take to the streets to protest against gender violenceĪlicia now lives with an electronic monitoring device that tells her where her abuser is at any given time and if he is close enough to harm her.
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